Flathead(s) or flat-head may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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"Flathead" EP, by The Fratellis
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"Flathead" (song), by The Fratellis
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''Flathead'' (film), a 2024 Australian film
* The ruling family of the Great Underground Empire in the ''Zork'' adventure game series, such as ''
Zork Zero
''Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz'' is an interactive fiction video game, written by Steve Meretzky over nearly 18 months and published by Infocom in 1988. Although it is the ninth and last ''Zork'' game released by Infocom before the company's ...
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Peoples
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Bitterroot Salish
The Bitterroot Salish (or Flathead, Salish, Séliš) are a Salish-speaking group of Native Americans, and one of three tribes of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation in Montana. The Flathead Reservation is home to t ...
, or Flathead people, one of three tribes of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation in Montana
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Choctaw
The Choctaw ( ) people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States, originally based in what is now Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choct ...
, a southeastern Native American group also known as the Flatheads
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, known as the Flathead, or Flathead Indian (or Amerindian) tribe
Places
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Flathead Valley
The Flathead Valley is a region located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Montana.
It includes parts of Flathead County and Lake County. Notable communities include Kalispell, Bigfork, Whitefish, Columbia Falls, Polson, Ron ...
, also known as The Flathead, a region of the U.S. state of Montana
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Flathead County, Montana
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Flathead High School
Flathead High School is an American public secondary school located in Kalispell, Montana. It is one of two high schools in District #5 of the Kalispell Public Schools. Originally Flathead County High School is offers an International Baccalaur ...
, a school in Kalispell, Montana
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Flathead Indian Reservation
The Flathead Indian Reservation, located in western Montana on the Flathead River, is home to the Bitterroot Salish (tribe), Bitterroot Salish, Kootenai (tribe), Kootenai, and Pend d'Oreilles (tribe), Pend d'Oreilles tribes – also known as the
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, Montana
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Flathead Lake
Flathead Lake (, ) is a large natural lake in northwest Montana, United States.
The lake is a remnant of the ancient, massive glacial dammed lake, Glacial Lake Missoula, Lake Missoula, of the era of the last interglacial. Flathead Lake is a nat ...
, Montana
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Flathead National Forest
The Flathead National Forest is a national forest in the western part of the U.S. state of Montana. The forest lies primarily in Flathead County, south of Glacier National Park. The forest covers of which about is designated wilderness. It ...
, Montana
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Flathead River
The Flathead River (, , ), in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Montana, originates in the Canadian Rockies to the north of Glacier National Park and flows southwest into Flathead Lake, then after a journey of , empties into the Cla ...
, Montana
Technology
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Flathead engine
A flathead engine, also known as a sidevalve engine''American Rodder'', 6/94, pp.45 & 93. or valve-in-block engine, is an internal combustion engine with its poppet valves contained within the engine block, instead of in the cylinder head, a ...
, a valve configuration
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Flat-head screw, a screw with a flat top, designed to be installed in a countersunk hole
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Flat-head screwdriver
A screwdriver is a tool, manual or powered, used for turning screws.
Description
A typical simple screwdriver has a handle and a shaft, ending in a tip the user puts into the screw head before turning the handle. This form of the screwdriver ...
, a screwdriver designed to turn slotted screws
Zoology
Fish
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Platycephalidae
The Platycephalidae are a Family (biology), family of marine ray-finned fish, most commonly referred to as flatheads. They are relatives of the lionfish, and belong to the order Perciformes.
Taxonomy
Platycephalidae was first proposed as a famil ...
, a family of fish known as flatheads
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Flathead (fish)
A flathead is one of a number of small to medium fish species with notably flat heads, distributed in membership across various genera of the family Platycephalidae. Many species are found in estuaries and the open ocean in the Indo-Pacific, e ...
, various species of fish in this family
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Flathead catfish
The flathead catfish (''Pylodictis olivaris''), also called by several common names including mudcat or shovelhead cat, is a large species of North American freshwater catfish in the family Ictaluridae. It is the only species of the genus ''Py ...
(''Pylodictis olivaris''), a species of fish found in North America
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Flathead grey mullet
The flathead grey mullet (''Mugil cephalus'') is an important food fish species in the mullet family Mugilidae. It is found in coastal temperate, tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Its length is typically . It is known with numerous En ...
(''Mugil cephalus''), a fish species in the mullet family Mugilidae, widespread
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Flat-headed loach
Flat-headed loach (''Oreonectes platycephalus'') is a species of cyprinid fish. It is found in fast-flowing streams in southern China (including Hong Kong) and northern Vietnam. It grows to total length
Fish measurement is the measuring of indi ...
(''Oreonectes platycephalus''), a species of cyprinid fish
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Pseudaphritis urvillii
The congoli (''Pseudaphritis urvillii''), also known as the freshwater flathead, marble fish, marbled flathead, sand trout, sanding, sandy, sandy whiting or tupong, is a species of marine ray-finned fish. It is the only species of fish in the ...
'', species of fish also known as freshwater flathead and marbled flathead
Other animals
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Flat-headed cat
The flat-headed cat (''Prionailurus planiceps'') is a felinae, small wild cat with short reddish-brown fur. Its head is elongated, and its ears are rounded. Its slender body is long with a tail of , and it weighs .
The flat-headed cat was first ...
, a small wild cat
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Flat-headed frog
:''The unrelated corrugated frog (''Limnonectes laticeps'') of Southeast Asia is occasionally also called "flat-headed frog".''
The flat-headed frog (''Limnodynastes depressus'') is a species of frog in the family Limnodynastidae.
It is Endemism, ...
(''Limnodynastes depressus''), a species of frog found in Australia
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Flat-headed kusimanse
The flat-headed kusimanse (''Crossarchus platycephalus'') is a mongoose species endemic to West African rainforests. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Th ...
(''Crossarchus platycephalus''), a species of mongoose found in West Africa
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Flat-headed myotis
The flat-headed myotis (''Myotis planiceps'') is a species of vesper bat. It is endemic to Mexico where it is found in certain montane forests in the Sierra Madre Oriental in the northeast of the country. Once thought to be extinct, this bat was ...
(''Myotis planiceps''), a species of vesper bat found in Mexico
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Flat-headed salamander
The flat-headed salamander (''Desmognathus planiceps'') is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the United States, where it is known from Virginia and likely North Carolina.
Taxonomy
''Desmognathus planiceps' ...
(''Desmognathus planiceps''), a species of salamander found in the US
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Flat-headed shrew
The flat-headed shrew (''Crocidura planiceps'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked ...
(''Crocidura planiceps''), a species of mammal found in Africa
Other uses
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The Flathead gang
The Flathead Gang, also known as The Flatheads, was a group of bank robbers. The gang was operating in the Detroit, Michigan area. When the police became a major problem for the gang they decided to move their robberies and other crimes to the st ...
, also known as The Flatheads, a group of bank robbers led by Paul Jaworski
See also
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Plagiocephaly
Plagiocephaly, also known as flat head syndrome, is a condition characterized by an asymmetrical distortion (flattening of one side) of the skull. A mild and widespread form is characterized by a flat spot on the back or one side of the head caus ...
, a medical condition also known as "flat head syndrome"
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